Library users must use the #FairSpaceForAll bookmark when they are leaving their desk - noting the time they left and returning with 45 minutes.

If users do not use the #FairSpaceForAll bookmark, do not return within 45 minutes or put an incorrect time on the bookmark - their belongings may be removed from the desk to make it available for another student to study.

Removed items will be placed in a plastic box by library staff and cleared to the concourse area (opposite the main lifts) on that floor for collection when the library user returns. Note: All collection areas for removed belongings covered by CCTV.

It is the responsibility of all library users to engage with this policy to ensure that their belongings are not removed, and that the library study spaces are a fairly used resource for all. College is not responsible for any belongings left unattended at any time.

Please note:

Removal of items from desks not adhering to this policy will be random

In any given area, library staff may remove items from all desks in an area or some desks in a area

Food and drinks with belongings will also be removed

Any interference with the administering of this policy will be taken seriously

Respect for library staff and fellow library users is expected at all times

Feedback on this initiative: The Library team has engaged with the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students' Unions during the pilot of this initiative in April/May 2019, and are still keen to get as much student feedback as possible throughout the term. Please send all comments, questions and ideas to library@rcsi.ie - all feedback will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

** This policy does not apply to seats in the Library Learning Commons, Ground floor, 26 York Street, in our Beaumont Hospital site or on Levels 3, 4 or 5 in 26 York Street.

RCSI Library, Beaumont Hospital: When in the Beaumont Library space, students are requied to removed belongings to lockers provided in Beaumont to ensure that study spaces are available to fellow students.